again, it is a view of foreign policy that president obama espouses. it's not a view that is universally held in this country, but that's why he's the president of the united states. he gets to do these sorts of things, he can agree or disagree, but it's quite clear what he's trying to incentivize and trying to do. >> and he's also trying to look forward asia, part of their foreign policy, but with actually our oldest ally, thailand, in the region, he seemed to have a lot of fun. did you see some of the pictures, mark, with the prime minister of thailand? they seemed to be really enjoying their joint press conference, show some of those shots. >> i did. the president got to engrashate himself saying how much he likes thai food. the u.s. switches attention, shifts self-consciously and openly from europe and some of the older world problems towards asia, the military containment is part of it and so issing the right balance between our economic interests and human rights. i think this trip is probably a smart thing even though as chris said there's secon